* support concurrent multisets whose content may change while the method is running.
   *
   * <p>The serialized output consists of the number of distinct elements, the first element, its
   * count, the second element, its count, and so on.
   */
  static <E extends @Nullable Object> void writeMultiset(
      Multiset<E> multiset, ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {

     * Returns the option followed by a string representation of the given path elements.
     * The path elements are separated by an option-specific or platform-specific separator.
     * If the given {@code paths} argument contains no element, then this method returns an empty string.
     *
     * <h4>Examples</h4>
     * If {@code paths} is a list containing two elements, {@code dir/path1} and {@code dir/path2}, then:
     *
     * <ul>

   * support concurrent multisets whose content may change while the method is running.
   *
   * <p>The serialized output consists of the number of distinct elements, the first element, its
   * count, the second element, its count, and so on.
   */
  static <E extends @Nullable Object> void writeMultiset(
      Multiset<E> multiset, ObjectOutputStream stream) throws IOException {

            }
        }
        return map;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the value of an annotation element.
     *
     * @param beanDesc the {@link BeanDesc} representing the annotation
     * @param annotation the annotation
     * @param name the name of the element
     * @return the value of the annotation element
     */

    //     ends up at a[d], which in turn ends up at a[2d], and so on until we get back to a[0].
    //     (All indices taken mod n.) If d and n are mutually prime, all elements will have been
    //     moved at that point. Otherwise, we can rotate the cycle a[1], a[1 + d], a[1 + 2d], etc,
    //     then a[2] etc, and so on until we have rotated all elements. There are gcd(d, n) cycles

    return new Chars();
  }

  @Override
  public List<Character> create(Object... elements) {
    Character[] array = new Character[elements.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object e : elements) {
      array[i++] = (Character) e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link
   * #create(Object...)}.
   */

    return new Strings();
  }

  @Override
  public List<String> create(Object... elements) {
    String[] array = new String[elements.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object e : elements) {
      array[i++] = (String) e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link
   * #create(Object...)}.
   */

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A Bloom filter for instances of {@code T}. A Bloom filter offers an approximate containment test
 * with one-sided error: if it claims that an element is contained in it, this might be in error,
 * but if it claims that an element is <i>not</i> contained in it, then this is definitely true.
 *
 * <p>If you are unfamiliar with Bloom filters, this nice <a

      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
      if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) > 0) {
        threshold = elem;
      }
      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
    } else if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) < 0) {
      // Otherwise, we can ignore elem; we've seen k better elements.
      buffer[bufferSize++] = elem;

      return ImmutableSet.copyOf(elements);
    }
  }

  public static class DegeneratedImmutableSetGenerator extends TestStringSetGenerator {
    @SuppressWarnings("DistinctVarargsChecker") // deliberately testing deduplication
    @Override
    protected Set<String> create(String[] elements) {
      return ImmutableSet.of(elements[0], elements[0]);
    }
  }